diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
index 8d4f8495dbb32f391c4f802af7ba800ff3ef4302..46f904392f8854553ce016de18a171faf241eeac 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
@@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ static int bcmgenet_nway_reset(struct net_device *dev)
 }
 
 /* standard ethtool support functions. */
-static struct ethtool_ops bcmgenet_ethtool_ops = {
+static const struct ethtool_ops bcmgenet_ethtool_ops = {
 	.get_strings		= bcmgenet_get_strings,
 	.get_sset_count		= bcmgenet_get_sset_count,
 	.get_ethtool_stats	= bcmgenet_get_ethtool_stats,